Buckle fastener



Oct. 19 1926.

H. G. ESSMAN BUCKLE FASTENER Filed Oct. 24 1925 Law INVENTOR. H rm n 5, 5557714272 BY P m m w a/wo ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 19, 1926.

1,603,911" ES PATENT FFIQE.

HERMAN G. ESSMAN,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE rasrn'nna.

Application filed October 24, 1925.

This invention relates broadly to means for mounting various ornamental devices on wearing apparel such as shoes,

womens dresses, womens coats, womens hats, or the like.

The invention relates more specifically to means for attachably and readily mounting such ornamental devices on wearing apparel. The devices to which the invention may be applied, ma

or various other ornamental The invention speclfica-lly elements, one of which may y be ornamental buckles, buttons,

devices.

comprises two be attached in any manner desired to the wearing apparel such as a shoe, garment or a hat, while the other ornamental or the like. understood and the dra cooperating device is attached to the device such as a buckle, button The invention will be readily from the following description wings which constitute a part of the specification.

In the drawings- Figure 1 shows the application of the invention to a buckle.

Fig. shows two elements of the attacha'ble fastener Fig. 3 shows one of the elements of the fastener.

Figs. 4, 5 View respectively the detacha and 6 show a top, side and end ot'the other element of ible fastener,

Figs. 7 and 8 are side and end views of a detail of co Fig.

element In th which it is shoe or a g nstruction.

9 shows a modification of the base an attachable device.

e drawings 10 represents a buckle desired should be attached to a arment i'or ornamental purpose.

2 and 3, consists of a piece of metal punched and formed out of an integral piece of sheet metal and has a base portion 13 and an upright portion 14. The specific form shown in Figs. 2 shoes.

ceive small 11 is mounted upon desired. P

The base made arcuate in shape of the shoe with apertures 14 and 3 is designed for use with portion 13 is therefore order to conform to the and foot and is provided which are adapted to re- 15 whereby the element any portion of the shoe ortion 14 which is integral with staples in their cooperating'relation.

Serial No. 64,619.

the base portion 13, is formed in the manner shown in *igs. 2 and 3, in order that such portion should not come in contact with the foot of the wearer. The portion 14 is provided with prongs 15 which are integral with and punched out of the upright portion 14. These prongs 15 are'so shaped that when the element 12 is mounted thereon, it will retain the element 12 in position.

he cooperating element 12 is made of a strip of spring steel and is provided with the slot 16 which has a plurality of enlargements 17 designed to receive and cooperate with the prongs 15. The ends of the steel spring 12 are bent downwardly to give the portions 18 and then laterally to give the base portions 19. The slot 16 terminates in an enlarged aperture 20 at each end which serves to add resiliency to the spring strip and facilitate the attachment or mounting of the strip 12 onto the prongs 15. The apertures 20 also serve to prevent injury to the strip which otherwise would be caused by repeated use. i the spring 12 are attached to the reverse face of the buckle or other ornamental device, in any manner desired. In the embodiment of the invention disclosed herein, this attachment, however, is accomplished by the aid of plastic material 21 which adheres to the top of the buckle and forms a retaining means for the spring device 12.

In the device described hereinabove, the resilient element 12 is so designed that it may be attached to any ornamental device in the manner shown, or it may be attached to such ornamental devices in any other manner. This resilient spring 12 is designed to cooperate with a fixed element 11 such as shown in Fig. 3, or with any other fixed element which is provided with prongs 15 having substantially the same form. The fixed element 11 is specifically designed to be mounted upon womens shoes or similar articles. IVhen, however, it is desired to attach or mount the buckle or any other ornamental device to a garment or to a hat, the fixed element of the detachable device may be modified as shown in Fig. 9. This figure shows a narrow strip of metal 24 provided with the apertures 22 whereby the strip may be sewed onto the garment. The strip is provided with two prongs 23 which are identical with the prongs 15 of the device 11 and are integral with the strip 24. The prongs 23 obviously cooperate with the apertures shown in the apertures in the ele- It will be observed that the elements 11 and 12 cooperate in such a manner that the relative spacing of the ornamental device with relation to the fixed element 11 may be varied. Prongs 15 cooperate with two apertures 17. In view of the fact that there are more than two such apertures, the buckle may be made to assume any one of a plurality of positions.

This attachable device makes it possible for the ready mounting of an ornamental device on a shoe. or a garment, and makes it possible to readily transfer such ornamental devices from one garment to another.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. The combination of a shoe buckle, a strip of resilient metal having a slot with enlargements, mounted on the reverse side of said buckle, and a cooperating device adapted to be mounted on a shoe comprising an arcuate strip and an upright strip integral with said arcuate strip having prongs projecting therefrom, the number of said enlargements being greater than the number of prongs, whereby the buckle may be mounted in any one of a plurality of positions.

2. The combination of an ornamental de vice, a flat strip of resilient metal mounted on the reverse side of said device, said strip having a longitudinal slot and a plurality of enlargements in said slot, and a metal strip having a plurality of prongs projecting therefrom cooperating with and engaging spaced enlargements in said slot.

The combination of an ornamental device, a strip of resilient metal mounted on ment 12 in the same manner as the prongs the reverse side of said device, said strip having a longitudinal slot and a plurality of enlargements in said slot, and a metal strip having a plurality of prongs projecting therefrom and cooperating with said enlargements, said prongs being spaced each from the other a distance at least as great as the distance between adjacent enlargements in said slot.

4. The combination of an ornamental device and a detachable fastener comprising a flat strip of resilient metal disposed in a plane, foot portions attached to the ends of the strip and integral therewith and lying in planes different from the plane of the strip, said strip being provided with apertures on the lines joining the strip and said portions and a longitudinal slot connecting said apertures, said slot having enlargements intermediate its ends.

5. A detachable fastener comprising a metal strip, having integral prongs projecting therefrom, and a strip of resilient metal disposed in a plane, foot portions attached to the ends of the strip and integral therewith and lying in planes difierent from the plane of the strip, said strip having apertures on the lines joining the strip and said foot portions and a longitudinal slot connecting said apertures having enlargements intermediate its ends.

6. A detachable fastener comprising a metal strip having integral prongs projecting therefrom, a flat strip of resilient metal and portionsattached to the ends of said fiat strip and integral therewith and lying in planes difierent from the plane of the strip, said st ip having a slot provided with enlargements intermediate its ends.

HERMAN Gr. 'ESSMAN. 

